[[tmz:video id=”0_fsz5xyv8″]] Ringo Starr found a silver lining in NOT being one of the OG Beatles when we asked him about Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s hands-on bonding sessions. We got the drumming legend at LAX and brought up Paul’s…

The Beatles announced today (Nov. 2) that on Dec. 15, just in time for the holidays, they will be releasing a limited-edition box set of their Christmas holiday messages, originally given only to fan club members on flexi-discs from 1963 to 1969.News, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums – MSN Music
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Sixty years ago, on October 18, 1957, Paul McCartney performed for the first time ever with the Quarrymen, John Lennon's band. It was the first time Lennon and McCartney shared the stage, clearly making this one of the most important moments in Beatles history. In celebration of this significant event, here are 25 other memorable moments.News, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums – MSN Music
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On 1st June, 1967 The Beatles released their ground-breaking studio album…Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Described by Rolling Stone magazine as “The most important rock & roll album ever made”, it marked a pivotal moment in the 60’s and went on to become one of the biggest selling records of all time. Combining firsthand accounts of the events with rare and unseen footage forensically unearthed from mainstream archives and private collectors, this new music documentary by acclaimed director Alan G. Parker, picks up on the band as they end their grueling tour schedule in August 1966 (coincidentally following on from Ron Howard’s Eight Days A Week) to return to the studio to record this landmark album. This insightful and revealing film journeys through various solo projects to the release of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane’, touching on Flower Power, John Lennon meeting Yoko Ono, LSD, Meditation, Jimi Hendrix, the death of Brian Epstein, Abbey Road Studios and the Magical Mystery Tour. Directed by Alan G. Parker, an Emmy nominated music director whose credits include: Hello Quo, Monty Python: Almost The Truth / Who Killed Nancy? / Rebel Truce: The History Of The Clash).

In 1962 four young men – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – came together to form the 20th century musical phenomenon known as 'The Beatles'. The band stormed Europe in 1963 and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However, the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame (which in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil) led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music. Master storyteller and Oscar winner, Ron Howard, explores this incredible journey in his own unique way: How did The Beatles do this? How did they cope with all the fame and pressure? How did they not only survive, but go on to revolutionise popular music? With original interviews, footage, staggering live performances, and the intimate study of character that Ron Howard is known for, he puts us right inside this extraordinary adventure, answering the question everyone always wants to know: What was it like to be there?

Today the Beatles release 1+, a reissue of their iconic hits collection 1 that also includes Blu-ray discs featuring restored versions of their best short films. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg worked with rock's most famous quartet in its latter years on clips for songs like "Paperback Writer" and "Hey Jude" and spoke with EW about meeting the band, filming its final concert, and pioneering modern …News, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums – MSN Music
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Ringo Starr is asking his former bandmate, Paul McCartney, along with the family members of the late John Lennon and George Harrison, to collect old, unseen photos of the Beatles. “If they’re listening . . . dig out the negatives,” he asked while at the National Portrait Gallery in London. “The other boys had cameras too,” he added.RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!

Cilla Black, an early protg of the Beatles whose real name was Priscilla Marie Veronica White, was found dead at her home in Marbella, Spain. She was 72 years old. “I can confirm the death of British national Priscilla White, aged 72,” police told The Mirror. “We are still awaiting autopsy results but everything at this stage is pointing towards . . . natural causes.”RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!

The estate of the Beatles has enlisted famed comic book artist Alex Ross to create a new series of paintings of the Fab Four. The series of paintings will be unveiled at the upcoming San Diego ComicCon event. The first painting has already been revealed in online images and measures an impressive six-feet wide.RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!

And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Ten examines the LP Yellow Submarine. Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume set is the blueprint to every single recording made by the Beatles: 12 albums and 22 singles which make a portfolio of 208 songs that undeniably changed the shape of modern music forever. From &apos;Love Me Do&apos; to &apos;Let It Be&apos;, Steve Lambley provides full analysis of every track not only for its lyrical meaning, its position in the Beatles catalogue and the impact it made on the charts, but also from the point of the science of the songs. Thanks to the author&apos;s astute understanding of just how music works, as well as the recording processes of the day, this book includes a level of a musical analysis rare to career-spanning tomes today. The book includes a detailed description of the recording process of every track, with a breakdown of the instrumentation and details of overdubs. What&apos;s more, And the Band Begins to Play explains the wealth of production innovations and recording techniques used by the group which continues to inform popular music today. The story of the group&apos;s music also tells the story of the group itself. The book therefore takes the reader by the hand on a magical tour through the conquering of America, the band&apos;s film, TV and radio appearances, the &quot;bigger than Jesus&quot; storm, the death of Brian Epstein, the Maharishi experience, the rise and fall of the original Apple business, and much more. The appendices include detailed listings covering all the Beatles&apos; recordings, including: – the original source of every quote used in the book – a complete UK and US discography – a chronology of all recordings – the dates and take numbers of all tracks Unquestionably, the Beatles remain the key band of the rock era. And the Band Begins to Play tells the story of their unique musical legacy.

Smashing Pumpkins fronter Billy Corgan performed a cover of the Beatles classic “Something” on his recent acoustic tour. The performance, captured by a fan and posted online, sees Corgan during a VIP Experience set seated at a piano. “It’s such a good song, and I keep f*****g it up,” he says, in the vid. “If I f**k up my own song, I’m like, ‘Well, I wrote it.'”RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!

If music is the universal language, then the songs of the Beatles are its Rosetta Stone. Their compositions are an international language that crosses all borders and overrides cultural differences. Though they no longer exist as the Fab Four, their musical legacy lives on through generations of fans, and the thousands of tribute bands who "come together" worldwide, to interpret and perform their music. There are an estimated 8,000 Beatles tribute bands globally who perform at multiple Beatles festivals and conventions throughout the world. Shot almost entirely in Liverpool, the birthplace of The Beatles, and captured in HD during International Beatles Week, Come Together is a tribute to that legacy – a phenomena that shows no signs of stopping. Paul once said, "A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart." Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. The lengths some tribute groups go to ranges from simple vocal harmonies, to what are affectionately called "Boots and Suits" bands. Regardless of nationality, they attempt to look and sound as close to the originals as possible. The result is a creative composite of musical expression. The documentary illustrates their diversification in sound and illusion. Come Together, moderated on-camera by John Lennon's sister, Julia Baird, captures that spirit, motivation, energy and interpretation through in-depth interviews, rare footage, stunning concert performances, and personal stories by bands and fans alike. People have come together from Tokyo to Stockholm to Las Vegas to share their love of the music of The Beatles and the positive and uplifting message it brings. This is their tribute to them as well.

A letter written by George Harrison has been sold for $ 20,000 by L.A. rock collectibles seller Record Mecca. In the missive, dated 1966, Harrison writes to Atlanta DJ Paul Drew in the lead up to the recording of Revolver. He says that the Beatles considered dumping longtime producer George Martin in order to record with Jim Stewart at Stax Studios.RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!

A guitar played by George Harrison in the Beatles' early days, previously on display in a British museum, goes on auction in New York Friday, valued at $ 400,000 to $ 600,000. The electric guitar is the two-day auction's star item, amid hundreds of possessions once owned by rock 'n' roll's biggest stars, which auctioneers hope will rake in millions. Harrison borrowed the guitar while his was under repair and was photographed and filmed playing it at concerts, said Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien's Auctions. "It was played by Harrison in the Cavern Club in the early 60s," said Nolan, referring to a Liverpool nightclub that gave birth to the world's biggest band.

Over the course of 16 months beginning in early 1969, an ambitious project that was titled Get Back and intended to document the back-to-basics rebirth of the Beatles devolved into Let It Be, a heavily fussed-over hodgepodge of live and studio cuts finally issued a month after the band had broken up. It’s a messy end to the Fab Four story, though in some ways, it’s not an ending at all.Released 45 years ago today, on May 8, 1970, Let It Be isn’t really the final Beatles studio album. It was recorded almost entirely in January 1969, shortly before the lads regrouped, worked their magic one last time, and cut the vastly superior Abbey Road, which dropped in September ‘69.Whereas Abbey Road came together somewhat naturally—in a proper studio, with longtime producer George Martin at the helm—Let It Be (and its accompanying film) was completely forced. Its uncharacteristic spottiness has much to do with the wrongheaded approach.From theNews, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums – MSN Music
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Al Pacino is rightfully considered one of the world’s greatest living actors, though you couldn’t be faulted for not remembering a truly great Pacino performance in the past decade or so. Part of that is because, even now in his mid 70s, he keeps getting cast as detectives, gangsters, and other loud tough guys that might be better played by non-senior citizens. But with Danny Collins, we get a terrific, hilarious, and utterly age-appropriate Pacino as an aging pop singer who shares Pacino’s penchant for chewing scenery, but in the most charming way possible in a film that totally won me over. Watch the trailer for Danny Collins below.

Pacino plays the titular Danny Collins, whose acclaimed first album and comparisons to John Lennon had him destined for singer/songwriter superstardom. But the pressures and trappings of fame spun him on a more commercial path, and forty years later, Danny is a depressed, cheesy (albeit profitable) nostalgia act playing greatest hits for aging sold out crowds who don’t care that Danny hasn’t written a new song in thirty years.

But on his birthday, Danny’s longtime friend and manager (a sage Christopher Plummer) gives Danny a reminder of the artist he could have been in the form of a letter John Lennon sent to a scared young Danny (who never received it) inviting Danny to call him while encouraging him to stay true to himself and his music. Realizing the impact the letter would’ve had on his life, Danny decides to sequester himself in a New Jersey Hilton and write new songs that recapture the songwriter he used to be. This will also give him a chance to finally meet his struggling adult son Tom (Bobby Cannavale), his wife (Jennifer Garner) and their adorable chatterbox of a daughter Hope (Giselle Eisenberg, who you’re sure to see more of soon). Annette Bening is excellent as the Hilton’s manager, keeping the film emotionally grounded while providing the outsider’s perspective of someone who likes Danny but is wary of his charms and wholly unimpressed with his stardom.

While Danny Collins is a comedy that’s not trying to change the world, it’s a film that manages to do everything right, which is not easy for a film that wants you to feel sympathy for a rich, famous, beloved celebrity who never bothered to meet his only child. However, all that is tempered by the fact that I’ve never seen Pacino as funny and likable as he is in Danny Collins, with plenty of room to make such an original-feeling character his own as he rides the highs and lows of the life he’s created. Instead of the shouting and raving that has turned Pacino into a popular comedic impression, we get a smooth-talking, charm-oozing pro who knows that a joke or compliment from him could be a story someone tells for a lifetime, which makes the suspicion and rejection he feels from his own son that much more painful.

Yet as extraordinary as Danny’s life is, the emptiness he feels for spending the majority of his life singing the same songs into the ground feels oddly relatable, as does the sting and resulting galvanization Danny feels upon discovering the alternate path his life was seemingly supposed to take. Danny Collins can be enjoyed by just about anyone, but it’s older audiences who can most likely relate to the grind of years of unsatisfying work and questioning whether it’s too late to create a different destiny. And these days, it’s amazing how refreshing it can feel to watch a movie unabashedly made for adults.

But Danny Collins isn’t just about showbiz. It’s about family, regret, second chances, friendship, inspiration, perseverance, and artistic integrity in a film where all of the actors give some of their best performances I’ve seen in years, or maybe ever, punctuated by a soundtrack made up almost exclusively of John Lennon’s original songs. Amazingly, the premise of Danny Collins is based on the true story of a British folk singer who received a letter from Lennon 34 years after it was written. But even more surprising for me was how much I enjoyed this film, which thoroughly delighted me and even left me with a tear in my eye. It’s probably the most fun I’ve had at the movies so far this year.

Glyn Johns, the producer best known for his work with the Beatles, has taken aim at the famed album Let It Be. Johns had been enlisted to engineer the album, thinking that George Martin would produce, but he said he was disappointed when Phil Spector ended up producing. “I was disappointed that Lennon got away with giving it to Spector . . .”RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!

Variety, a sister site of Deadline, writes that the project “is in line with NBC’s current focus on event series, such as its recent ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ miniseries and last winter’s ‘The Sound of Music: Live!'”

No one from NBC was immediately available to comment.

Here’s a video of the Fab Four performing on “The Ed Sullivan Show” back in 1964.

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